^^ It' doesn't actually produce any down force. It's a roof vane that should actually direct airflow downward in theory or just be purely cosmetic lol. I did take a few semesters in mechanical engineering but never pursued it. The Beretta rear profile is not very good in terms of basic aerodynamics since it has a steep rake and short tail. I will be putting an actual down force producing spoiler on the decklid though so I thought maybe this would help it with turbulence reduction. Maybe somebody can chime in?

Anywho, I've decided to pursue a more extreme lightweight hood by making one from scratch using fiberglass! I haven't glassed in about 6 years so we'll see how this turns out.

YES! I'm a little rusty but I managed to make an entire hood from scratch. There were a few air bubbles that I sanded out and I still need to patch 'em and put some reinforcement underneath. Best part? This thing only weighs 5 lbs so far versus the 40 lbs the original steel one weighed. I still got it

I still have to do a little more fiberglassing, a little bondo, trimming, and painting. But looks good!

Well that was a shock. Sure didn't see that coming! Looks like you still have the ability to work with fiberglass. What happened? Did you drop it and make some holes?

Yeah, it's been awhile since I've worked with the stuff, so there was some air within the layers. I sanded them out, some of them, all the way through so that I can start fresh and level with the fiberglass patching to make it new again.

Ummm u could make more of them hoods n make some monies

This is probably a one off for me. You can actually buy a fiberglass one from USBody if you wanted to right now http://www.usbodysource.com/. I'm sure their fitment and construction quality is going to be a lot better since I believe they use reinforcement mat material in their construction which is pretty neat. It starts at $350-$550 depending if you want a bolt on or one that uses OEM latches.

I just doing it myself because I'd like to save a few hundred bucks plus it helps me better my techniques ( I got to practice lol). I might do a hybrid setup where I uses the back hinges but run some stealth hoodpins up front. I also just put another fiberglass layer down underneath to help strengthen it today, I'm probably at $75 in right now with this project. My first race isn't until April so I have some time.

I was also watching a documentary about the Audi Quattro and what do you know, we got Beretta's in the video!

What's up y'all. It's been awhile! My car looked like this for the longest time:

I was going to get the paint professionally done until I lost my job like a month ago. I worked for Macy's annnnnnd they closed down my store so plans have changed since I need that money for staying alive. Looks like it's another year of Rustoleum spray cans! I'm like 95% done with my 2017 spec Autocross car. Most notable changes is I spray painted the car and wheels white now. I also put a bigger face hole to get maximum cooling.

I will be painting those internal guts black to "hide" them.Also I put on some fiberglass fender flares that I got from EBay from some dude in the Ukraine.You'll notice I have those orange things under it's eyes. It's just a tribute I did off of a grassroots team that ran the 24 hours of thunderhill. It was an article I read back in 2010 that I thoroughly enjoyed. They had a Nissan Sentra with matching livery. You'll notice I have bumper canards in the front now. This should provide a little front downforce from the high pressure it will create up there. Other than that, the next step would be a full on front splitterI made them from scratch using what you see here:I still have some odds and ends to wrinkle out but progress is being made on the racecar.Also I put back the OEM hood. I'm going to daily drive this for like a month and would like the added practicality of a hinge.

I don't know whether to post here or create my own thread, but I am the new owner of this beretta, since owning it for about a month, I've put in a racing seat, harness, new spoiler, did some touch ups and installed a front tow strap, I have big plans for this car, it will continue to be an autocross car and maybe more! I love this thing, and the history behind it, I've only had it for about a month so I haven't had a chance to do much, but I have big plans

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(I've added a 2000 mustang spoiler, did some paint touch ups, restored the badge and removed some duct tape)

Definitely want to add some extra support for the front lip, was also thinking of doing a front splitter, have a template mocked up from my last Beretta so I'm sure it wouldn't be too hard to make one, As for the turn signals, they were in when I bought the car thankfully

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front tow strap is on the car, I'm trying to figure out how I'm going to mount the front splitter, as for the back the next thing I'm going to do is space the trunk to sit flush, since it's bolted on it sits lower, and I'm sure that's why he removed the back panel, i'm getting a "new one", fixing the fitment and putting it onOther plans for the car are rear disc brake swap(from a neon), 4 point roll cage so I can safely run a harness(as you can see in this thread it has no airbags, and the door has a crack near the seat belt mounts, id feel safer with a legit harness to go along with my new seat ) I'm putting blast pipes on with a magma flow muffler, I had them on my last beretta and i think they look and sound badass(but going from a 3100 to a 2.2 I'm not sure how these sound with exhausts) hopefully I can run a full exhaust at some point soon too Future plans for the interior are custom lightweight panels, paint, and the roll cage I also want to lower another inch and get some wider wheels for it

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started prepping for the interior paint, i'm going with a gloss black, hiding all the rust and rough metal, also going to use a "rust" primer because there's way too much rust and it's a cheap and effective option, to avoid having to mask everything off, I found that using a brush works fairly well, so I'm going to give that a shot

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